The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 51

CHARLES HEATH.

The banking fraternity of Yakima finds a worthy representative in Charles Heath,
cashier of the Yakima Valley Bank, who came to his present position in 1905. He
was born in Wisconsin in January, 1864, and is a son of Charles H. and Eliza
Heath, who in the year 1874 left Wisconsin and removed to Iowa, where they
established their home on a farm, the father devoting his attention to general
agricultural pursuits throughout his remaining days, both he and his wife dying
in Iowa.

Charles Heath was a lad of but ten years when the family went to the Hawkeye
state and there he acquired his education. Attracted by the opportunities of the
west, he made his way to Park City, Utah, in 1890 and was there engaged in the
banking business. He dates his residence in Yakima from 1905, in which year he
was chosen cashier of the Yakima Valley Bank. He has since acted in that
capacity and through the intervening period of thirteen years has contributed in
marked measure to the development and upbuilding of the business of the bank. He
has closely and thoroughly studied every phase of the banking business and his
efforts have been a contributing factor to the success of the institution.

In 1895 Mr. Heath was married to Miss Millie Getsch, a native of Iowa, and to
them has been born a daughter, Dorothy, who is now a senior in the high school.
Fraternally Mr. Heath is a Mason, belonging to Uinta Lodge No. 7 of Park City,
Utah, of which he is a past master. He is also a past master of Yakima Lodge No.
24, A. F. & A. M., having been master when the lodge first occupied the new
building here. He is likewise connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks. In Masonry he has attained the Knight Templar degree and has crossed the
sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His political
endorsement is given to the republican party and he is a stanch supporter of its
principles but has never sought or desired ogee as a reward for party fealty. He
prefers to do his public service as a private citizen and at all times his aid
and cooperation are given on the side of advancement and improvement.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.